Greek spoken today is known as Modern Greek. It is the native language of
more than 12 million people from Greece, Cyprus and Turkey

Modern Greek dates from the fall of the Byzantine Empire in
1453 and it refers to the fifth stage of the evolution of the Greek Language: Mycenaean
Greek, Classical Greek, Hellenistic Greek, Medieval Greek and Modern Greek or Romeika.

The Greek language has not really changed much in its long
history ( Greek has been spoken in the Balkan Peninsula since the 2nd millennium BC ). The
vocabulary of Modern Greek is essentially that of Ancient Greek. The Greek alphabet
has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC
.

Many modern words in English and other Western languages are
derived from Greek, and it is estimated that 12% of the English vocabulary is of Greek
origin.